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foreign body

foreign body noun: an unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.

Noun

foreign body (plural foreign bodies)

  1. An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.
    • The foreign body stuck inside the dog's stomach turned out to be a bottle cap.
    Synonyms:
    foreign object

foreign body meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

foreign body in Tamil

வேற்றுப் பொருள், பிறபொருள், வேற்றுப்பொருள்

foreign body in Indonesian

unwanted intruding object
benda asing

foreign body in Thai

unwanted intruding object
สิ่งแปลกปลอม, สิ่งแปลกที่

foreign body in Vietnamese

unwanted intruding object
vật thể lạ

Synonyms of foreign body

  • foreign object

Forms of foreign body

pluralforeign bodies

Questions about foreign body

What does foreign body mean?
Foreign body means an unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.
What is foreign body in Tamil?
Foreign body in Tamil is வேற்றுப் பொருள், பிறபொருள், வேற்றுப்பொருள். See Foreign body meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is foreign body?
Foreign body is a noun.
What is the plural of foreign body?
The plural of foreign body is foreign bodies.

Words near foreign body in the dictionary

  1. foreign agent
  2. foreign agents
  3. foreign aid
  4. foreign aids
  5. foreign bodies
  6. foreign body
  7. foreign correspondent
  8. foreign correspondents
  9. foreign countries
  10. foreign country
  11. foreign currencies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foreign body (page history and authors); foreign body (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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